NickS

I am looking for the best camera for day/night use externa on my house to watch my driveway area and walk up to the house. My DVR can record at a maximum of NTSC 30ftp/720x480, my mounting position is about 15 feet high and 30 feet away from the side of my driveway. There is a street light at the far corner away from my driveway so it is always lit to some degree. I want to be able to zoom in mostly just on the driveway and the walk up the side of the house right next to it so people are recognizable at least. I also have a motion sensor light that comes on for the walk up to the front door. I currently have the following camera mounted and I'm not too happy with it: HSCMR613 - Lasertech IR Vari-Focal Bullet Camera w/ 2.8-10mm Lens I can't seem to get it to actually zoom in, whenever I set the zoom in it goes completely blurry and no adjustment of the focus fixes it, so right now I am stuck with a wide angle view of low detail of the driveway. I'm willing to spend $200 but I want to get a good camera for the job at hand. Thank you for your advise, -Nick

Yes that is the one. I've tried moving the zoom in a few turns, then tried the full range of motion on the focus and it just stays a blob the whole time. Only time I can get a clear picture is zoomed all the way out so yes I agree it seems broken. I didn't know if this was common with ~$100 cameras which is what I paid for it. Unfortunatlly it took me a while before I really tried to get it dialed in and was out of the return period. Thank you for your advice on a camera. One other question, would raising my price range to $300-$400 make much difference given my DVR's limitations? -Nick